Rack for hand trucks and the like



March 10, 1931. R. H. BOWEN 1,795,826

" RACK FOR HAND TRUCKS AND THE LIKE Filed July 24. 1928 INVENTOR:

BY M 9 ATTORNEYS.

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Patented Mar. 10, 1931 UNITED STATES RUSSELL n. BOWEN, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIeNoR To run AMER};

CAN rULLEYcoMrANY, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA RACK FOR HAND TRUCKS D THE LIKE Application filed July 24, 1928. Serial No. 294,951.

My invention relates to a package carrier, tray, or rack for hand trucks and the like. In use, small packages or articles of any sort may be assembled and piled on the device, which is then readily picked up and transported on a hand truck, and deposited wherever desired for unloading. In suitable.

certain parts in horizontal section, as indicated by the line IIIIII in Fig. II.

7 As shown in the drawings, the device comprises a bottom platform 5 adapted to rest on the floor, and an upstanding side wall or back 6. The bottom 5 is shown elevated on reinforcing members, rails or sills 7, so that the toe A of an ordinary hand truck H can be slipped under it to lift it, as shown in Fig. I. The back 6 is shown sloping backward somewhat beyond the heel 8 of the device, so that a highpile of articles on the latter will be partially balanced about the heel 8, and thus morereadily tilted to lift it on the truck toe A. w

As shown in Figs. I and II, the bottom platform 5 consists of a sheet metal late, and

the reinforcing rails or sills 7 are ormed by V the downturned margins of said plate, which are bent first downward and then inward (retroverted) into channel form. The back 6 is shown as of open-work construction, consisting of upwardly tapering side members or rails 10 of channel section, angular and channel shaped cross members 11 and 12, re spectively, extending between the rails or sills 10 andriveted and/or welded to the front flanges of the latter at their ends, and sheet metal strips or slats 13 extending parallel with the sills 10 between them and riveted and/or welded (or otherwise secured) to the cross members 11, 12. As shown ,in Figs. I and II, the vertical webs of the bottom rails 7 extend across the lower ends of the upstanding sills 10 at their outer sides, and aresecured to them by welding and/or rivets 14:. Preferably, the horizontal bottom flanges ofthe rails 7 extend under the ends of the upstanding sills 10. As shown in Fig. I, the horizontal bottom flanges of the rails 7 are cut away at the middle of the platform 5. I

At the intersection of the back 6 and its sills 10 with the bottom 5, there is a transversely extending angle member 15 which is attached to both of them, so as to form an interconnection additional to that already described. In the presentinstance, the angle member 15-is formed by the upturned rear margin of the platform plate 5 itself, which is slit along the upper angles of the rails 7, 7

to allow it to be bent upward as shown. The ends of this flange 15' overlap the front flanges of the upstanding rails 10 and are secured to them by weldingand/or rivets 16. In the presentinstance, the upper portion 17 of the flange 15 is offset rearwardly a distance equal to thethickness of the slats 13', and the lower ends of said slats are secured to it by welding and/ or rivets 18. As shown in Figs.

I and II, ahandle 19'may be riveted to the upper transverse bar orjcross member 11 of the back 6, for convenience in manipulating the device or moving it about.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprisinga bottom platform plate, with down turned side margins forming integral sills,

said flange above said platform and attached to said sills below said platform, and thus securely braced relative to the platform.

2. A device as in the precedlng claim, further characterized in that said sills are prolonged rearward beyond said upstanding flange, and in that each of said upstanding rails of the back has a portion lying against said upstanding platform flange and secured thereto and a portion lying against the rearward extensions of said sills and secured thereto.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this 19th day of July, 1928. j

p RUSSELL BOWEN. 

